jpdb beta

apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

1

to be handed down; to be introduced; to be transmitted; to be circulated; to go along; to walk along

1

improvement; reform

1

to shoot (at); to attack; to defeat; to destroy

1

means; is; as for

1

to go to hell; to fall into hell; to be damned

1

to attach; to join; to furnish (a house with); to wear; to put on; to keep a diary; to make an entry

1

at any cost; at any price; at any expense

1

shield; buckler; escutcheon; pretext

3

guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark

1

one part; one portion; one section; one copy (e.g. of a document)

1

body double; double; wire puller; person behind the scenes; shadow commander

2

to be sacrificed; to fall victim to; to fall prey to

2

sacrifice; victim; sacrifice (to a deity)

2

that kind of; that way; that move; that trick; that game

1

no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

1

raid; attack; assault

1

someone else's hands; someone else's possession; hand (worker); aide; labor; labour

1

method; process; manner; way; means; technique

1

have no choice; there is nothing but; no more than

1

jail; gaol; jailhouse

1

to attract someone's attention; to arouse someone's interest; to sound someone out; to try to find out someone's true feelings; to (discreetly) probe someone's thoughts

1

now (while the time is ripe); while one still can

1

already; now; no longer; not any more

2

together; in company

1

to send (a thing); to dispatch; to take or escort (a person somewhere); to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed); to bury; to spend (time)

1

(something) has never occurred; to have never done (something); such a thing has not happened; never happens; there is never a time when

1

I, myself; one-self; by one-self; even I; even one

1

how long; how far; how much

1

measuring by feel; adjusting by feel; doing by feel; adapting to the situation (one's strength, strictness, etc.); making allowances; using discretion

1

delicate technique (in sumo, judo, etc.); little trick; subtle maneuver

1

carefully; with caution

1

advertising the excellence of one's wares; boasting; self-advertisement; statement of the virtues of a medicine; description of the virtues of a drug

1

wow!; oh!; yeah!; alright!; waah!; boohoo!

1

terrific; staggering; tremendous; frightful; ghastly; horrific

2

finishing blow; coup de grâce

2

to turn over a new leaf; to mend one's ways; to reform

1

such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of

2

(art of) fencing; swordsmanship

1

putting one's life on the line; staking one's life (on); risking one's life; life and death situation

1

the last moment; the very end

3

danger; Chinese "rooftop" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)

1

to stick into (of something with a sharp point); to prick; to pierce; to resonate emotionally; to move

2

to glide; to slide (e.g. on skis); to fail (an examination); to bomb (when telling a joke); to drop; to go down

1

constitution (physical); physical make-up; predisposition (to disease); character (of a group, organization, etc.); innate characteristics; make-up

1

terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

1

expectation; anticipation; prediction; forecast; conjecture

1

all one's power (strength, energy, efforts); one's utmost

1

gun; rifle; small arms

6

rapid-fire

4